and friends is because a year later at the age of 50,
she started her documentary cooking show,
(an early episode pictured above)
which was as wildly popular as the book.
I watched many of her cooking shows, learned much,

and always admired her fiesty spirit
and enjoyed her lively, unpretentious manner.

Fav Quote Friday is dedicated to Julia.

Served up a bit tongue-in-cheek:

Philosophy Of Life A La Julia!

On acheivement:

"The measure of achievement is not winning awards.
It's doing something that you appreciate,
something you believe is worthwhile.
I think of my strawberry souffle.
I did that at least 28 times before I finally conquered it."

(wow. I admire that she worked so hard on perfecting a souffle!)

On working with tools:

"I think every woman should have a blowtorch."
(me too! I dohave one, thank you very much, but use the broiler in a pinch.)

On style and presentation:

"Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang.

You never want to go out with a whimper.
Everything can have drama if it's done right.

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